I study math at uni and I was shocked realizing all my teachers use ubuntu on both their laptop and work desktop

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    5 months ago

    Just seemed odd to pay your way into the Apple ecosystem just to wipe it and install Ubuntu

    • 555@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      5 months ago

      Oh, that. Yes. I can’t fathom using Apple hardware outside of the Apple ecosystem unless that machine if EOL. But never for windows haha.

    • vzq
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      deleted by creator

      • ch00f@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 months ago

        Yeah I think they needed horsepower to run some sophisticated models in Matlab, and Apple had a killer educational discount.